Pizza deliveryman shot during robbery attempt

A pizza deliveryman was shot in the leg during an attempted street robbery in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, Chicago police said.

The 28-year-old worker told police that he was was wounded inside of his car just after 11:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 3100 block of Monroe Street, according to police.

The victim told investigators that he was sitting in the driver's seat of his Buick LeSabre preparing to deliver an order when he was accosted by two hooded men who demanded cash, according to Officer Robert Perez, a police spokesman.

As the deliveryman tried to drive away, one of the men fired a shot, striking him in the leg, police said.

The men fled without taking any items, police said.

Gaines didn't know where the man worked. The victim drove himself to John H. Stroger Hospital, for treatment and was expected to recover, police said.

Area North detectives were handling the investigation. No arrests were reported.